Low Pressure for Thursday, High Quickly Follows

See, I told you it would get cold this morning! We got down to 32 degrees here in State College! That was the first time dipping to or below freezing since April 16. Bradford you dropped to 25 and 28 was your low in Clearfield. We rebounded rather nicely though. We are at 59 as of 4:00p with clear skies. Tonight, it will get chilly once again, but I don't think we will get as low as we did last night. I will shoot for mid 30s. Wednesday, we will see those clouds on the increase (but sill mostly to partly sunny) as a low pressure system that brought some severe storms to the southern plains will be approaching. Fortunately, we will not need to worry about severe weather here. The worst of our worries here will just be some scattered light to moderate showers. Rain should hold off until after sundown Wednesday. I'm going to say around 9 or 10p at the earliest. As hinted at before, Thursday doesn't look like it will be that much of a wash out. Although grabbing that umbrella with you as you leave for work or school on Thursday morning isn't a bad idea. Why won't this low be as strong for us as it was the Midwest? Well, the high pressure that is overhead now isn't all about leaving easily. It wants to hang around a little bit longer (which is alright with me!), but the low will have its way in the end. Once the low gets closer, the dry air above us now will help absorb the moisture (whether it be rain precipitating or just clouds) meaning less precipitation that reaches the ground. But enough about my educational rant. After Thursday, it looks like it will dry up as another area of high pressure arrives in time for the weekend. We will see partly to mostly sunny skies in State College with temperatures near 70! But that is another 3 days away. Check back later in the week for another update!